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Creatives reveal how they found their best clients

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Image licensed via Adobe Stock It's all very well offering advice in theory, but how do freelancers and studios actually find their dream clients in practice? When you look at your list of clients, we all have a favourite. So many great clients have come to me through weak ties," she says. Or they might be anything in between.

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Lihui Liang's transformative paintings reimagine her portrait subjects as animals

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Inspired by her clients, Lihui has created a vibrant world occupied with animals with exceptional abilities. He always had a passion for filmmaking, but he found pursuing his dreams in his hometown difficult. It's a fun dinner party game: asking each other, "If you were an animal, what animal would you be and why?" Lihui Liang

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How photo licensing platform Stills is helping designers create the best work of their careers

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Finally, Stills adds thousands of fresh images each week, so you can always expect something new (and something your clients haven't seen) to help your work truly stand out. But when you need to keep colleagues, clients and collaborators in the loop, Stills has covered too.

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Karl Taylor on how Visual Education is transforming online learning for creatives

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Karl rattles off an impressive list: "Viktor Fejes from Gild Studios in Los Angeles for post-production, professional artist and Blender expert Ethan Davis for CGI, renowned videographer Barry Makariou for TV commercials on the filmmaking section… we've got proper working professionals teaching for us."

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Semi-Permanent reveals stellar lineup for its Never Permanent festival in Melbourne

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And whatever field you work in, Never Permanent has you covered, with speakers representing multiple fields, including filmmaking, photography, graphic, product and motion design, animation, music, Web3 and the metaverse, and visual data. You can buy tickets here.

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How to embrace failure and turn it into a creative superpower

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We work hard on creating what we think is great work, only for our managers or clients to send us back to the drawing board. Every artist, designer, photographer, animator, or filmmaker has experienced setbacks, rejections and projects that didn't quite work out as planned. So, how do we avoid failing so often?

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McCann's Wimbledon 2024 trailer freezes classic moments in time

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And advertising agency McCann London has already unveiled an evocative new trailer for their client, The All England Lawn Tennis Club, hyping the championships. Directed by the filmmaker Carl Addy at The Mayda Creative Co , the trailer re-imagines archive material, built by creative VFX studio Daydreamer.